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#ADA8A4

#ada8a4 ≈ Dark Gray

  • gray
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#ada8a4 is a color from the gray family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 65.88% green and 64.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.89% magenta, 5.2% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 26.67°, with 5.2% saturation and 66.08% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with neutrality, balance and professionalism. Designers typically use it for body text and typography, corporate identities and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Gray (#a9a9a9), ΔE 2.92.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3957

Complementary

  1. #ada8a4
  2. #a4a9ad

Split complementary

  1. #ada8a4
  2. #a4adad
  3. #a4a5ad

Analogous

  1. #ada4a5
  2. #ada8a4
  3. #adada4

Triadic

  1. #ada8a4
  2. #a4ada8
  3. #a8a4ad

Tetradic

  1. #ada8a4
  2. #a9ada4
  3. #a4a9ad
  4. #a8a4ad

Square

  1. #ada8a4
  2. #a5ada4
  3. #a4a9ad
  4. #ada4ad

Monochromatic

  1. #615b57
  2. #89827c
  3. #ada8a4
  4. #d1cecc
  5. #f5f5f4

Shades

#ada8a4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada8a4
  2. #9c9794
  3. #8a8683
  4. #797673
  5. #686562
  6. #575452
  7. #454342
  8. #343231
  9. #232221
  10. #111110
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada8a4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada8a4
  2. #b5b1ad
  3. #bdb9b6
  4. #c6c2bf
  5. #cecbc8
  6. #d6d4d2
  7. #dedcdb
  8. #e6e5e4
  9. #efeeed
  10. #f7f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada8a4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada8a4
  2. #a9a4a0
  3. #a4a09d
  4. #a09c99
  5. #9b9896
  6. #979492
  7. #92908e
  8. #8e8c8b
  9. #898887
  10. #858484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aaa8a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aaa8a4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba9a4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afa7a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aba8a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aca9a4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aea7a6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada8a4 {
  color: #ada8a4;
}
Background
.bg-ada8a4 {
  background-color: #ada8a4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada8a4 {
  border: 2px solid #ada8a4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada8a4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 168 164;
  --color-primary-hsl: 27 5% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada8a4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada8a4, #adada4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada8a4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 168 164 / 0.35);
}

#a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 2.92 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 2.92 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.99 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 8.38 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.36 #d3d3d3 Light Gray ΔE 11.40 #d3d3d3 Light Grey ΔE 11.40 #52575b Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Dark Gray
#ada8a4  rgb(173, 168, 164)  hsl(27, 5%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a4a9ad  rgb(164, 169, 173)  hsl(207, 5%, 66%)  Dark Gray
#a4ada8  rgb(164, 173, 168)  hsl(147, 5%, 66%)  Ash Gray
#a8a4ad  rgb(168, 164, 173)  hsl(267, 5%, 66%)  Dark Gray